Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2009/81/EC
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, Ships, Queen Elizabeth Class
Abbey Wood South, Filton
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
E-mail: DESShipsComrcl-Acq-QEC@mod.gov.uk
NUTS: UKK11
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Defence
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
SHIPACQ189 — Insurance Spares for Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers — Hangar Smoke Barrier
II.1.2) Main CPV code
35520000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
SHIPACQ189 — Insurance Spares for Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers — Hangar Smoke Barrier.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
850 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC11
Main site or place of performance:
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
SHIPACQ189 — Insurance Spares for Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers — Hangar Smoke Barrier.
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
Ship Acquisition, which is part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“the Authority”), proposes to place a 2 year contract with an estimated contract value of 850 000 GBP with Darchem Engineering Limited (company number: SC144767) (the “Company”) for the provision of insurance spares for the hangar smoke barrier equipment manufactured by the Company and installed on the Queen Elizabeth (QE) Class Aircraft Carriers. These components include the various sub-assembly components that make up the master local control panel and panel barrier assembly.
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons. This is because the Company is the Original Equipment Manufacturer of the equipment, the Ship Technical Specification requires these component spares to meet the specifications for the equipment manufactured by the Company and only the Company has access to the specific technical knowhow and technical design and manufacturing data required to manufacture these specialised component spares for the equipment.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: SHIPACQ189
Title: SHIPACQ189 — Insurance Spares for Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers — Hangar Smoke Barrier
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
02/04/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Darchem Engineering Limited
Ironmasters Way, Stillington
Stockton-on-Tees
TS21 1LB
UK
NUTS: UKC11
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Total value of the concession/lot:
850 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications
Advertising Regime OJEU: This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-201843-DCB-12164563.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, Ships, Queen Elizabeth Class
Abbey Wood South, Filton
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/04/2018